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Patent GB-190017228-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or applicable to Water Tube Boilers or the like and Closed Vessels for Storing Gases Under Pressure Generally.
Inventor: BINKS CHARLES
Filed: 1900-09-28
Granted: 1901-08-10
Abstract: 17,228. Binks, C. Sept. 28. Nuts.-The nuts F<1> of bolts for securing the covers of water and steam drums for watertube - boilers, and closed vessels for storing gases under pressure and for like purposes, are formed with reduced cylindrical portions, as shown, pressing on packing-washers in recesses in the cover.
Patent GB-190022796-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Driving Gear and Gear-cases for Cycles.
Inventor: SHARP ARCHIBALD
Filed: 1900-12-14
Granted: 1901-11-30
Abstract: 22,796. Sharp, A. Dec. 14. Gear cases.-A gear case for cycle, comprises boxes 2 and 1 for the crank and rear sprocket-wheels, and chain runways. It may be formed, as shown, with a central gap, or, when intended to be permanently fixed to the machine, the gap is dispensed with. It is formed from plates A and B having overlapping flanges which are soldered together. The box 2 is formed with an opening to pass over the chain-wheel, the opening being then closed by a disc 7 loosely secured between plates 15 having an oil-retaining ring 14, which rests on the crank axle 13. This arrangement enables the position of the central opening to be adjusted when the chain tension is adjusted. The box 1 is closed by a disc, which may be made either in one piece when it is placed in position before the chain-wheel, or in two pieces hinged together, or in two hinged pieces surrounding a ring placed on the wheel hub. When the chain is adjusted by draw-bolts, the box 1 is suitably slotted. Axles, supporting ; wheels readily detachable; steps.-To allow the tyre of the rear wheel to be removed without disturbing the driving-gear, the axle 23 is made tubular, and is secured at one end by a bolt 25 and at the other side by an extension formed on the inner end of the step 22. A nut 24 secures the step in position. By removing the step a space sufficient for the removal of the tyre is left.
Patent GB-190109317-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means or Apparatus to be used in connection with the Opening and Closing of Fanlights, Windows, Shutters, Ventilators and the like.
Inventor: PRUCE HENRY CLARKE
Filed: 1901-05-06
Granted: 1902-03-27
Abstract: 9317. Pruce, H. C. May 6. Window opening and closing apparat us.-Relates, chiefly, to the valve mechanism for controlling the supply of compressed air to pneumatic cylinders which open or close fanlights, windows, shutters, ventilators, and the like. The compressed air from the supply pipe b is directed either into the pipe D or the pipe E by turning the three-way cock c. One of the pipes D, E is connected to the pneumatic cylinder which opens the window &c., and the other to the closing-cylinder. The exhaust valves are actuated by right and left handed screw plugs actuated by the cranks j, k. These cranks are connected by a rod n, which is reciprocated by a lever m pivoted at m<1> and connected to the crank c<2> on the plug of the three-way cock. By this arrangement, when compressed air is directed by the three-way cock into one pipe, say D, the exhaust valve of the other pipe E is opened, and vice versÔ. The right and left handed screws for actuating the exhaust valves may be replaced by other mechanism which will produce the same effect.
Patent GB-190110834-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Engines
Inventor: SYKES EZRA
Filed: 1901-05-25
Granted: 1902-04-17
Abstract: 10 834. Sykes, E., and Pratt, M. May 25 High-speed compound and multiple-expansion engines.-Comprises high-speed compound engines with two, three, or more single-acting cylinders, the pistons in which are all connected to the same shaft at equal intervals round it. Fig. 1 shows an engine on this plan with the cylinders in line, and Fig. 3 a radial-cylinder engine on the Brother- hood principle. The three cylinders a, b, c of successively-increasing diameters work on equally- spaced cranks on the shaft n, as in Fig. 1, or on a single crank as in Fig. 3. Each cylinder has a ring of exhaust ports near the end of the stroke, those from the cylinder a leading to b, and those from b leading to c, while those from c lead to the out- let p and also communicate with a chamber into which the front ends of all the cylinders open. Steam is admitted intermittently to the high-pres- sure cylinder by a rotary valve r, which may be driven by chain gear from the crank shaft, and is allowed to pass into each of the other cylinders in succession as the several pistons uncover the terminal cylinder ports.
Patent GB-190111782-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water-tube Boilers of the Kind known as Belleville Boilers
Inventor: DELAUNAY-BELLEVILLE LOUIS MARI
Filed: 1901-06-08
Granted: 1901-07-27
Abstract: 11,782. Belleville, L. M. G. Delaunay. June 8. Water-tube boilers; superheaters, steam.-In a boiler of the Belleville type, a superheater g is placed in the path of the furnace gases between the water tubes a and the economizer or feedwaterheater e. The steam passes by tubes c to a steamcollecting and feedwaterpurifying drum d, the passage from which to the superheater is controlled by a valve f. The superheater consists of a number of tubes connected at their ends by headers, those at the front having removable caps to facilitate cleaning. The tubes may contain helical metal strips j or other baffles.
Patent GB-190123284-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Explosives.
Inventor: FIEDLER METCHISLAW
Filed: 1901-11-18
Granted: 1902-04-17
Abstract: 23,284. Fiedler, M. Nov. 18. Explosives.-Relates to a safety explosive formed from a dry mixture and a liquid, the two being kept apart until required for use. The dry mixture consists of 70 parts of potassium chlorate and 20 parts of potassium permanganate. The liquid consists of 9 parts of turpentine and 1 part of carbolic acid.
Patent GB-190202486-A (GB)
Title: Improved Draught and Spark-arrester Device for Steam Boilers or the like.
Inventor: FLODSTROEM JOHAN EDVARD
Filed: 1902-01-30
Granted: 1902-11-27
Abstract: 2486. Flodstr÷m, J. E., and Ekholm, N. Jan. 30. Turbines.-A centrifugal fan 2 is placed in the chimney or uptake of a steam boiler or other furnace so as to draw the smoke and gases through the pipe 2, and discharge them within a bell 7. The fan is driven by a turbine 4, 5, worked by water supplied through the pipe 6. The water discharged from the turbine crosses the path of the gases discharged from the fan, extinguishing sparks and washing the gases. The purified gases impinge on water in a trough 11, which retains solid particles ; they then rise outside the bell to the chimney outlet.
Patent GB-190209862-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Valve Gear for Steam and other Fluid Pressure Engines.
Inventor: HOWARD GEOFFREY
Filed: 1902-04-29
Granted: 1902-10-30
Abstract: 9862. Howard, G., and Gibbs, G. April 29. Drawings to Specification. Hydraulically-actuated pumps.-Relates to valve gear for steam and other fluid-pressure engines, and is especially applicable to mechanical stokers of the kind in which fuel is fed to the furnace by a reciprocating pusher working at periodical intervals which can be prolonged or diminished by adjusting the valve gear. The invention is also applicable to hydraulic pumps. The movements of the distributing-valve are controlled by a weighted arm and a rocking beam having at its ends receptacles containing liquid, or other mobile substance, and communicating with each other. The time occupied by the liquid in flowing from the higher receptacle to the lower determines the period between the strokes of the pusher, and this can be regulated by adjusting certain valves.
Patent GB-190214003-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Darning Apparatus.
Inventor: BRECHIN HELEN SMALL
Filed: 1902-06-20
Granted: 1903-02-05
Abstract: 14,003. Brechin, H. S. June 20. Darning.-A frame A, which can be fixed to the fabric to be darned by books a<2>, carries a number of prongs a, notched at a<1>. A second frame B, capable of sliding in grooves a<4> in the end members of the frame A, carries a set of shorter prongs b hooked at b<1>, the prongs b being arranged opposite the spaces between the prongs a. In operation, the thread is secured to one side of the hole to be darned, carried round the first prong a where it lies in the notch a<1>, taken back to the edge of the hole and secured, and then laid in the hook of the next prong b and carried back and secured at the edge of the hole, and so on. The thread is then passed between the two sets of warp thread carried by the two sets of prongs, the frame B being made to occupy its highest and lowest positions alternately. The frame B can be retained in one of these positions by a transverse slot a<5>.
Patent GB-190220453-A (GB)
Title: A Broom Attachment Clip Road Scraper.
Inventor: LATHAM FRANK
Filed: 1902-09-19
Granted: 1902-12-24
Abstract: 20,453. Latham, F. Sept. 19. Hand-scrapers.-A road scraper consisting of a steel blade A is riveted to angle-iron brackets c riveted to steel bands or clips B, by which it is attached to a broom-head D, The straps have holes to receive bolts E with heads e<1> and winged nuts e<2>. Additional holes may be provided to enable the straps to be fitted to a smaller broom head.
Patent GB-190221433-A (GB)
Title: An Apparatus for Cleaning Pipes & Tubes
Inventor: MCALLISTER HUGH CECIL
Filed: 1902-10-02
Granted: 1903-10-02
Abstract: 21,433. McAllister, H. C. Oct. 2. Cleaning pipes and tubes.-Relates to apparatus for cleaning pipes, particularly tobacco pipes and hookahs. A metal cone, with an aperture at the smaller end, is placed in the pipe. The larger end is stopped with a plug after combustible material e, e<1> is placed in the cone. By firing this material with a cap, the fouling-matter is driven out.
Patent GB-190225945-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Heating and Softening Dental Cement.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1902-11-25
Granted: 1903-10-15
Abstract: 25,945. Thompson, W. P., [Evans, G.]. Nov. 25. Teeth, stopping; teeth, artificial.-An apparatus for softening dental cement and applying it to crowns or bridge - work consists of a block A of metal provided with projections B, D, G, H. The projections B, D form a bed or support E for pieces of bridge-work, gaps being left at intervals to allow room for the lifting-tweezers or forceps. The projections G, H, I, also gapped, form sockets for incisor bicuspid, and molar crowns respectively. The space D' serves as a slab or palette for working the cement with a spatula. The block is heated over a spirit lamp or the like before use, a handle n, with a rectangular tang m which fits into a corresponding hole in the block, being used to move it. In a modification, recesses are formed in the block instead of the projections.
Patent GB-190301334-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rail Joints.
Inventor: JONES JESSE ELMER
Filed: 1903-01-19
Granted: 1903-03-12
Abstract: 1334. Jones, J. E. Jan. 19. Rail joints.-The rail ends are cut at an angle with shoulders at 4 where the web is reinforced at 11. The opposing faces have tapering ribs 5 and recesses which fit together. Three fish-bolts are used, the ribs being grooved at 8 for their reception.
Patent GB-190307150-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stands or Supports for Oat Crushers and similar Machines.
Inventor: BENTALL EDMUND ERNEST
Filed: 1903-03-27
Granted: 1904-01-21
Abstract: 7150. Bentall, E. E. March 27. Packing-cases; ; b o x e s with revolving parts.-An oat-crushing machine or like machine a is permanently fixed to a side c of a box having a detachable side g, so that, on removal of the side g, the side c and the attached machine are rotated on trunnions d fixed in metal plates e at each end of the box, the machine then being enclosed in the box, which thus forms a packing-case. The box forms a bed or stand for the machine, when the side c is supported b y a bracket h on the side g and fastened to it by a screw i.
Patent GB-190307208-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Sanitary Medium for Extirpating Dust.
Inventor: LEISER ADOLF
Filed: 1903-03-27
Granted: 1903-10-29
Abstract: 7208. Leiser, A. March 27. Grant of Patent refused. Cleansing-compositions.-Materials for absorbing dust, to be employed in sweeping, are made by treating powdered mineral, animal, or vegetable substances, as free as possible from water, with oils or fats. When desirable, the compound is perfumed, coloured, or treated with a disinfectant. As examples, sand, or a mixture of sand and sawdust, or of sand and cement is treated with oil or with melted fat.
Patent GB-190307682-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Metal Discs.
Inventor: HOWORTH FRANKLIN WISE
Filed: 1903-04-02
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 7682. Howorth, F. W., [Bielefelder Maschinenfabrik vorm. D³rkopp & Co.]. April 2, Forging.-Relates to means for raising ribs or flanges at the edges of metal discs. The smooth blank k is clamped between rolls b, the diameter of which corresponds to the ribs c to be formed. The edge of the disc is then upset, while revolving, by a reciprocating stamp, die, or punch d, formed with a recess e. As the diameter of the disc decreases, the rolls may be moved nearer to the die, or the stroke of the die may be increased.
Patent GB-190310826-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cushion Tyres.
Inventor: COOMBER JAMES
Filed: 1903-05-12
Granted: 1903-06-25
Abstract: 10,826. Coomber, J., Caldwell, J., Wood, H. E., and Gifford, A. C. May 12. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic; felloes or rims.-A cushion tyre for vehicles comprises an elastic strip C fitting round the rim A provided with a metallic band B. Wedge rings e, f, inserted below the strip C, are forced into position by side plates d, bolted to the rim. Wire staples h embedded in the elastic strip, form a cross-support for the retaining-bands g.
Patent GB-190311707-A (GB)
Title: A New and Improved Form of Automatic Slide Valve Gas and Air Blowpipe, for the use of Dentist, Jewellers, Soldering, and General Brazing Purposes.
Inventor: MAN JOHN LOUIS LE
Filed: 1903-05-22
Granted: 1904-03-17
Abstract: 11,707. LÚ Man, J. L. May 22. Soldering and brazing. - A blowpipe for the use of dentists and jewellers, and for brazing and soldering purposes generally, consists of a main gas tube D, bent at one end to form a handle and having at the other end two holes corresponding with two holes e in a saddle B on the tube, the way between the two holes being stopped by a plug F. An upper tube C stopped at one end, is fixed on the saddle B, and has two holes in the lower part corresponding to the holes e. A tube or valve m sliding freely in the tube C has also two holes, and is stopped at one end by the plug end n of a thumb-rest u and beyond the two holes by a disc O, between which and the stopped end of the tube C a helical spring V is placed. The spring presses against the tube m and tends to shut off the gas, a pin P passing through a slot in the tube C limiting the movement of the tube m. The supply of gas is regulated by pushing the tube m into the tube C by means of the thumb-rest a so as to make the holes in the tubes coincide. A hollow boss Q with a screwed cap R, is fixed on the tube C, and contains a spring-pressed ball s which makes contact with the tube m through a small hole in the tube C, and presses it against the tube C. A vertical nozzle I brazed to the downwardly bent end of the extension H of the gas tube D, is screwed at its upper end to receive screwed plugs J, K, through openings in which the air tube w passes. A washer Z on the tube w comes between the plugs J, K, the space between the plugs being packed with asbestos &c. The lower ends of the tubes I, w are screwed to receive nozzles, and a longitudinal hole in the plug F supplies gas to a pilot light controlled by a cock G.
Patent GB-190314434-A (GB)
Title: Rotary Steam Cooker.
Inventor: JOHNSON ADOLPH
Filed: 1903-06-29
Granted: 1903-08-06
Abstract: 14,434. Johnson, A. June 29. Moving-container apparatus.- Fig. 1 shows a side view, partly in section, of a rotary steam cooking-apparatus for cooking grain. Steam is supplied to the drum or barrel 9 by a pipe 10 which is perforated on its upper surface and passes through the trunnions 5, 6 of the barrel, stuffing-boxes 13, 14 forming tight joints. Hand-holes 26, 27, arranged diametrically opposite each other at the centre of the barrel, are closed by conical plates 34, 35 actuated by screws 32, 33. Vanes 36 on one side of the interior of the barrel are arranged converging towards one hand-hole 26, and vanes on the opposite side are arranged converging towards the opposite hand-hole 27. By revolving the barrel alternately in opposite directions, its contents are directed towards and from the hand-holes and are thoroughly mixed. The drum is driven through gearing by a pulley 24 at one end, and is emptied by revolving it so as to direct its contents towards the hand-holes. A cylindrical screen or perforated pipe 37 surrounding the pipe 10 revolves with the barrel and distributes the stream, also serving as a guard for the pipes 10. A valved pipe 39 is provided for supplying hot water when it is desired to cook grain by means of hot water, and also serves for cleaning out the apparatus.
Patent GB-190320858-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adjustable Spanners or Wrenches.
Inventor: RUDGE HENRY
Filed: 1903-09-28
Granted: 1904-09-28
Abstract: 20,858. Budge, H. Sept. 28. Spanners and wrenches. -The jaw c of a spanner or wrench is wedgeshaped, and has its face parallel to the outer face of the two-faced jaw h on the shank b which is slid by a worm or a nut e through the handle part a, and may carry at its lower end a thin jaw for cycle cones &c. and a jaw with a projection for engaging holes in the peripheries of screw heads, complementary jaws being affixed to the handle a. The parts a, b may be flauged on one or both sides to form boxspanner jaws k, l, or the ends of the parts may be bent laterally to form such jaws, the faces of the jaw on the handle a being supported by other bent-up parts.
Patent GB-190402632-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Pressure and the like Gauges.
Filed: 1904-02-03
Granted: 1904-12-08
Abstract: 2632. Schõffer & Budenberg, [Schõffer & Budenberg]. Feb. 3. Pressure gauges. - In gauges of the pinion-and- quadrant type, the spindles f, h rest in cylindrical bearings k of bronze, nickel, or the like, mounted in supporting- plates a, b, which are stamped from softer metal. Each bush may haveat one end a shoulder, which rests against the frame. The bushes &c. may be secured by screw- ing, soldering, riveting, or other means, and may have their outer ends concave around the spindles, to retain lubricant. This may be introduced by transverse capillary holes, and retained by annular grooves.
Patent GB-190404549-A (GB)
Title: Waterproof Diaphanous Celluloid Pictures and a Process of Making the same
Inventor: BECHER ALFRED
Filed: 1904-02-24
Granted: 1904-04-14
Abstract: 4549. Becher, A. Feb. 24. Etching. - A waterproof diaphanous picture, which can be used on the outside of a window or door, is formed of thin translucent celluloid successively etched in colours in baths composed of acetic acid and an aqueous or alcohol solution of colour, preferably aniline colour. A resist of fat colour is used, and is generally printed. The etched plate is washed in water and cleaned with turpentine, petroleum, &c.
Patent GB-190409462-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Semi-automatic and other Quick Firing Guns.
Inventor: DAWSON ARTHUR TREVOR
Filed: 1904-04-25
Granted: 1905-04-25
Abstract: 9462. Dawson, A. T., and Buckham, G. T. April 25. Ordnance breech mechanism. - Relates to a re-cocking device for semi-automatic guns of the type described in Specifications No. 26,382, A.D. 1901, and No. 5669, A.D. 1903, and also to means for converting such guns into quick-firing guns. The re-cocking device is shown in sectional side elevation and rear elevation by Figs. 1 and 4. A lever D<5> is pivoted below the breech of the gun A, so that the arm d' is above the arm D<3> of the cocking-lever D<1>, and the arm d<5> is above the toe-piece d<4> of a lever D<4> pivoted to the pistol-grip casing O. A rearward pull of the lever D' depresses the arm d<7> of the lever D<5> and thereby throws back the cocking- lever D', so that the projection d<2> is engaged with the sear h. A plunger J located in the bracket A<2>, by acting upon the cam j, slightly raises the breech-block when the latter is in its depressed position in order that the feeding of a cartridge into the breech may release the breech-block through the action of the extractor E. The gun is rendered non-automatic by raising, by means of a lever and toe-piece, the pawl which actuates the cam on the outer end of the breech-actuating spindle. A guiding-groove a<7> is provided in the rear wall of the breech for the projection b<4> of the sliding plate b<x> which closes the recess b<2> in the breech-block.
Patent GB-190410789-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pulleys or Wheels for Sashes and other purposes.
Inventor: LIVINGSTONE WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-05-10
Granted: 1904-06-30
Abstract: 10,789. Livingstone, W., and Pomeroy, S. H. May 10. Making pulleys.-Relates to improvements in sash pulleys. A blank B, Fig. 6, the width of which is equal to the required circumference of the hub, is slit lengthwise to within a distance equal to half the required length of the hub from the end, to form four strips, one b<2> of which is cut away as shown at c<1>, while the others b have the portions c bent at right-angles. Another blank is similarly cut, but has the portions c bent in the opposite direction to those of the first. The two blanks are bent into cylindrical forms, and the strips b, b<2> are bent at right angles to the hub b<1>, Fig. 9. The arms b, b<2> are bent slightly out of their normal planes and the two blanks are put together as shown in Fig. 3. The split rim a, Fig. 14, is provided with two holes a' into which are fitted the projections c' of the arms b<2>. The parts c of the arms b come into tangential contact with the rim and are bent round it as shown in Fig. 1. For large pulleys, an extra locking-disc D, Figs. 12 and 13, with laterally-projecting prongs d extending alternately in opposite directions, is placed between the two halves of the hub, and the prongs d are clinched over the arms b, as shown in Fig. 5.
Patent GB-190412703-A (GB)
Title: Improved Mould for Forming Bricks, Briquettes and the like by Hand Labour.
Inventor: TAYLOR WILLIAM ROWLAND
Filed: 1904-06-04
Granted: 1905-04-06
Abstract: 12,703. Taylor, W. R. June 4. Moulding bricks, briquettes, &c. - Moulds which have to be lifted by band are made of aluminium or an aluminium alloy, either alone or strengthened with celluloid, ebonite, wood, &c. As shown, the long - sides of the mould, which are thin, are extended to strengthen the mould, and the top and bottom edges and the corners are thickened. The edges of the long sides are shod with hard steel strips a, preferably tinned or otherwise protected, the ends a<1> of which are. bent over and secured by countersunk nuts or rivets.